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Montreal police share details on plan to improve public confidenceOn Friday morning, Philippe Pichet, Montreal police director, made public the details of measures taken by police to improve public confidence and trust in the SPVM.CanadaJun 16, 2017
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Drug trafficking bust in Montreal reducing fentanyl on the streetsA Montreal police drug bust led to a seizure of over $2.5 million in narcotics, including fentanyl.CanadaJun 16, 2017
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Man sought in connection with alleged sexual assault on Laval busThe Laval police service is seeking help from the public to find a man wanted in connection with a sexual assault case that took place May 15 on a Laval bus.CanadaJun 16, 2017
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Social re-integration program helps homeless men become beekeepersA social re-integration program at Accueil Bonneau aims to help homeless men develop communication and social skills while learning about urban beekeeping.CanadaJun 15, 2017
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Montreal Biodome celebrates 25 years with special summer programmingStarting June 15, Montrealers will get the chance to peek behind the scenes of one of the city’s biggest tourist attractions.CanadaJun 15, 2017
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Experts talk unity in the face of extremismAndre Gagné, a Concordia theology professor, says a key to improving anti-radicalization strategies in Quebec is to include members of different religious communities.CanadaJun 15, 2017
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Mock car crash by Laval police teaches speeders to slow downIn an effort to scare people into slowing down, the parking lot of the Chomedey Club Entrepot on Curé-Labelle boulevard, was turned into a mock car crash.CanadaJun 14, 2017
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Quebec watchdog group questioned for lack of transparencyOne year after the Bureau of Independent Investigations (BEI), was created as a police watch dog group, some advocacy organizations are sounding the alarm on its transparency problems.CanadaJun 13, 2017
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Montreal firefighters stage fundraising blitz for flood victimsMontreal firefighters are holding a fundraising blitz across the island Monday to help residents affected by the recent floods.CanadaJun 13, 2017
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Mitchell Brownstein announces plans to run for re-electionOn Friday morning, current mayor of Côte St-Luc, Mitchell Brownstein, announced that he was putting in his candidacy to run for another term as mayor of the city.CanadaJun 9, 2017
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Montreal police issue nationwide warrant for man wanted in vicious assaultPolice ask the public to call 9-1-1 if they have any information to help locate the suspect and caution that the suspect may be armed and dangerous.CanadaJun 9, 2017
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Laval police arrest five in mail theft, credit card fraud caseOn Friday, Laval police arrested five people in relation to mail theft and credit card fraud.CrimeJun 9, 2017
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Letter-writing campaign for Montrealer Bissan Eid still stuck in GazaA support rally gathered on Thursday to begin a letter-writing campaign that aims to help bring home Bissan Eid, a Canadian-Palestinian citizen stuck in Gaza since June 2016.CanadaJun 8, 2017
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Man wanted in connection with Laval homicide arrested in VancouverThe Laval police service has confirmed that Mohamad Achraf Maatoug, 26, was arrested Wednesday in the Vancouver region, concerning a homicide that took place at bar Le Moomba on May 18.CanadaJun 8, 2017
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Montreal urban rodeo to go ahead after activists drop legal bid to block itAfter much controversy Montreal's urban rodeo will go ahead as scheduled in August as part of the city's 375th anniversary celebrations.CanadaJun 8, 2017
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Montreal police arrest 7 in series of gang-related violent crimesAn investigation that began after a Montreal homicide in June 2016 has resulted in the arrest of seven people suspected of being involved in a series of gang-related violent crimes.CrimeJun 7, 2017
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All possible in Montreal’s latest social development policyOn Tuesday, Coderre, along with Monique Vallée, the head of social and community development in the executive committee of the city, unveiled a new social development policy, called “Montreal de tous les possibles!”CanadaJun 7, 2017
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More Quebecers have the travel bug this year: surveyAccording to a recently published travel survey, people in Quebec are more keen on travelling this summer than they were last year.CanadaJun 6, 2017
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SQ arrest 19 in connection with cannabis production operationProvincial police arrested 19 people in a series of drug raids carried out in the Montérégie and Centre du Québec regions Tuesday morning.CrimeJun 6, 2017
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Police arrest 9 suspects in connection with Montreal drug-trafficking ringMontreal police said they have arrested nine people in connection to a heroin trafficking ring, after a series of raids that took place last May.CrimeJun 6, 2017
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Missing Children’s Day: 1,000 tiny steps for missing kidsIn honour of National Children’s Day, 1,000 daycare kids are marching in the streets of Montreal.CanadaMay 25, 2017
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